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Highest Average SSAT Score

Among "All-Girls Schools", view the boarding schools with the highest average SSAT score (2026).
The Secondary School Admission Test, or SSAT, is an admissions test administered to students in grades 5-11 to help determine placement into independent or private junior high and high schools.
Despite its similarities, the SSAT is not related to the SAT Reasoning test and is not administered by the College Board.
A school's average SSAT score is based on a relatively small sample of students from year to year (typically less than 100 students for a graduating class).
Average SSAT scores, then, can naturally fluctuate year to year while the quality of the overall program and strength of the student body remains consistent.
Schools in the list below are often separated by small statistical differences, which for all intents and purposes, are not meaningful in determining the overall strength of the student body between two schools.
A school's average SSAT score should not be interpreted as the minimum score needed to gain acceptance - a school's student body will have a wide range of students whose SSAT score falls above and below the school average.
% SSAT Range: 60 87 Avg. % SSAT: 73

Highest Average SSAT Score

Among All-Girls Schools (out of 4 schools)

Sorted by range (alphabetically within range)
Boarding School
% SSAT
Grades
Location
Rank: #11
Miss Porter's School
Miss Porter's School Photo
All-Girls
(5)
% SSAT: >85%
Grades: 9-12
60 Main Street
Farmington, CT 06032
(860) 409-3530
Rank: #22
The Madeira School
The Madeira School Photo - Capitol Hill internships in the offices of senators and representatives are a hallmark of the junior year at Madeira
All-Girls
(2)
% SSAT: 75%-85%
Grades: 9-12
8328 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22102
(703) 556-8273
Rank: #33
Emma Willard School
Emma Willard School Photo
All-Girls
(9)
% SSAT: 65%-75%
Grades: 9-12, PG
285 Pawling Avenue
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 833-1320
Rank: #44
Westover School
Westover School Photo
All-Girls
(12)
% SSAT: <65%
Grades: 9-12
1237 Whittemore Rd.
Middlebury, CT 06762
(203) 577-4521

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